The Face That Launched a Thousand LawsuitsA compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Drawing on a wealth of original research, Jessica Lake documents how the advent of photography and cinema drove womenwhose images were being taken and circulated without their consentto court. There they championed the creation of new laws and laid the groundwork for Americas commitment to privacy. Vivid and engagingly written, this powerful work will draw scholars and students from a range of fields, including law, womens history, the history of photography, and cinema and media studies. ISBN: 9780300214222, 0300214227
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